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tvOS 14.2

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
6
Beta cycle
49d
Average interval
10d
Public release
Nov 5, 2020

Release notes

Overview

Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.

Release overview

tvOS 14.2 was released on November 5, 2020 with HomePod home-theater audio, Apple One subscription access, and security repairs across media, fonts, images, privileges, the kernel, XML, and WebKit.[1][2]

Evidence boundary

Apple's Apple One note marked Fitness+ as coming later in 2020, so this page records subscription-plan access but does not attribute Fitness+ itself to tvOS 14.2. That feature is assigned to 14.3 in Apple's update history.[3][4]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. About the security content of tvOS 14.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z · Released November 5, 2020

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  2. About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14.2

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  3. About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14.2 — Apple One

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  4. About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14.3 — Apple Fitness+

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Documented & observed

Changes in this version

Source-linked features, fixes, known issues, removals, and community-observed behavior recorded across this version’s appearances and verified builds.

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

security · fixed

tvOS 14.2 security repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple's advisory records fixes across Audio, CoreAudio, CoreText, Crash Reporter, FontParser, Foundation, ImageIO, IOAcceleratorFamily, the kernel, libxml2, Logging, Model I/O, WebKit, and XNU.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of tvOS 14.2 · Audio; CoreAudio; CoreText; Crash Reporter; FontParser; Foundation; ImageIO; IOAcceleratorFamily; Kernel; libxml2; Logging; Model I/O; WebKit; XNU

Milestones

Release history

Every recorded channel appearance in chronological order. Open an appearance for any available build, scope, notes, and sources.

  2. +12 days
  3. +14 days
  4. +7 days
  5. +10 days
  6. +6 days

    Public release

    Public

    Full articleEditorially verified

    tvOS 14.2 reached the public channel on November 5, 2020 with HomePod home-theater audio, Apple One subscription management, and a version-specific security repair set.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    7 linked
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Historical context

Cycle comparison

Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.

Historical avg for .2 releases

51 days, 6.2 milestones

Based on 9 previous tvOS .2 releases

Cycle vs. platform average

49d (avg: 58d)

9 days shorter than the tvOS average

Longest gap in this cycle

14 days

Between Beta 2 and Beta 3

Previous .2 releases (tvOS)

Previous comparable tvOS releases
VersionYearCycleMilestonesAvg. Interval
tvOS 15.2202147d69d
tvOS 13.2201926d57d
tvOS 12.2201960d710d
tvOS 12.1.2201943d414d
tvOS 11.2201735d76d
tvOS 10.2.2201764d711d

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Official release notes